Teaching while integrating the climate emergency: comments from teachers in training.

Autor: BALSLEV, KRISTINE, NAEF, LORA
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Zdroj: Revue Education et Socialisation; 2024, Issue 72, p1-15, 15p
Abstrakt: Faced with the challenges of global warming, which are likely to have a strong impact on the generation currently in school, the role of the latter is questioned by teachers supporting youth movements, such as the climate strike. A research-training project aimed at teachers wishing to develop and share their practices to integrate the climate emergency is described and the speeches produced in this context are analyzed. Several strong themes emerge from this analysis, particularly in the form of concerns and projected avenues. The teachers' comments are discussed in light of trends aimed at making the environment a school subject that has existed since the 1970s. The results highlight the diversity and richness of the activities offered and the strong commitment offered by these teachers to integrate the climate emergency into their practices. They also highlight the paradoxical role given to students, moving from the role of a driving force to that of a brake on commitment. Faced with the challenges of global warming, which are likely to have a major impact on the generation currently in school, the role of schools is being questioned by climate activist teachers. We describe a research and training project aimed at teachers who wish to develop and share how they integrate the climate emergency into their practice, and analyse the discourses produced in this context. A number of key themes emerge from this analysis, particularly in terms of concerns and projected courses of action. Teachers' comments are discussed in the light of ways in which environment and ecology have been treated as a school subject since the 1970s. The results highlight the diversity and richness of the activities proposed and the strong commitment of these teachers to integrate the climate emergency into their practice. They also highlight the paradoxical role of pupils, who can both motivate and hinder this commitment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index